CVE-2006-5909 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

generaloptions.php in Paul Tarjan Stanford Conference And Research Forum (SCARF) before 20070227 does not require the admin privilege, which allows remote attackers to reconfigure the application or its user accounts.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00658.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Paul Tarjan	Stanford Conference And Research Forum

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:paul_tarjan:stanford_conference_and_research_forum:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/24311
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=177652&release_id=489633
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450679/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460196/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20934
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0760
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32700

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-15T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:30.493Z

Reserved: 2006-11-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5909

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-15T15:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5909

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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